Lower-extremity function in persons over the age of 70 years as a predictor of subsequent disability

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 556-562

  Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a   Salive, Marcel E ^a   Wallace, Robert B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028898029     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199503023320902     Document Type: Article

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